Vendetta (1999)

Directed by

Nicholas Meyer

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the murder of a New Orleans police chief, the city erupts into mob violence against Italian immigrants. The film follows the false accusations and subsequent lynching of eleven Italian Americans.

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What happens

Vendetta is a 1999 American crime drama television film directed by Nicholas Meyer, written by Timothy Prager, and starring Christopher Walken, Luke Askew, Clancy Brown, Alessandro Colla, Andrew Connolly, and Bruce Davison. Based on the 1977 non-fiction book by Richard Gambino, it depicts the assassination of New Orleans police chief David Hennessy and the consequent March 14, 1891 lynchings of eleven Italian Americans. It aired on HBO on July 3, 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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